188 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



bat by pulling up such as are not wanted those remaining 

 grow luxuriantly and the mass is kept in a satisfactory con- 

 dition. It succeeds best in a somewhat sheltered, warm, 

 but rich soil. 



JAPANESE ARALIA (A. Japonica). This species resem- 

 bles the last very much, but with rather smaller and finer 

 leaves, requiring the same treatment. 



AMERICAN BARBERRY ( Berleris vulgaris) , ~Fig. 96. 

 This beautiful shrub is common throughout the Eastern and 

 Northern States, and were it less common would be more 

 prized as an ornamental shrub. It grows with little care 

 and no shrub is more beautiful, with its golden drooping 



FIG. 96. BARBERRY (Berberis vulgaris), Fruit, 

 clusters of flowers in June and its bright scarlet fruit in 

 autumn and winter. It has the tendency to make a rather 

 straggling bush, but may be forced to take a compact bushy 

 form by heading back severely some of the strong new 

 shoots on the inside when they have reached the height of 

 2 or 3 feet. It makes a very desirable hedge. 



PURPLE-LEAVED BARBERRY (B. v., var. purpurea). 

 One of the smallest purple-leaved shrubs and one of the 

 best. It retains its dark purple color through the season 

 better than almost any other tree or shrub, and is especially 

 desirable to plant in the foreground of golden or light green 

 leaved trees or shrubs. Its golden flowers are rather more 



